Maybe it would be helpful for you to look for a broken package, and if that one is reported as broken, reinstall it. I've seen scripts mentioned here in the forum that will check (with sudo eopkg check
) and if broken packages are found, automatically reinstall them with sudo eopkg it --reinstall [package-name]
. I haven't used such a script, and don't have it available to give you, but others will see this and may be abe to do that.
To find out whether a package is included in the repository, you can use sudo info [package-name]
. I believe that part of the description should work in place of the package name, if you aren't sure of that.
ALSO: I looked up the specifications for the T480 platform on the Lenovo web site, and I don't believe that computer is old enough for its driver to be unavailable already. There still is, however, just a remote possibility that the radio has failed for one reason or another. I've recycled one laptop because it would no longer connect with my wi-fi.
EDIT: When you use sudo eopkg check
, the results tend to be voluminous. The best way to use it is by piping the results to less
, like this: sudo eopkg check | less
. Then you can easily scan through the results looking for "broken" listed for one or more of them.
MORE EDIT: The X395 is apparently the newer of the two computers. According to its platform specs, it uses a different radio than the T480, and supports BT 5.0. So it also uses a different driver, and that makes it understandable that it might work when the T480 won't.